# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第十四条 (Article 14)

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- Law: 災害対策基本法 (Basic Act on Disaster Management), 昭和三十六年法律第二百二十三号
- English title "Basic Act on Disaster Management": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第十四条 (Article 14)（都道府県防災会議の設置及び所掌事務） — address `art-14`
- Text in force since: 2026-11-02
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-14
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-14
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### 第十四条（都道府県防災会議の設置及び所掌事務） — (Establishment of a Prefectural Disaster Management Council and the Function under its Jurisdiction)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-14</sup>

  **第一項**  都道府県に、都道府県防災会議を置く。
  <sup>art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-14/par-1</sup>
  A prefectural disaster management council is established in a prefecture.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  都道府県防災会議は、次に掲げる事務をつかさどる。
  <sup>art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-14/par-2</sup>
  A prefectural disaster management council takes charge of the following affairs:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  都道府県地域防災計画を作成し、及びその実施を推進すること。
    <sup>art-14/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-14/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-14/par-2/item-1</sup>
    formulation and promotion of implementation of a prefectural area disaster management plan;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  都道府県知事の諮問に応じて当該都道府県の地域に係る防災に関する重要事項を審議すること。
    <sup>art-14/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-14/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-14/par-2/item-2</sup>
    in response to consultation by the prefectural governor, deliberation of important matters relating to disaster management concerning an area of the relevant prefecture;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  前号に規定する重要事項に関し、都道府県知事に意見を述べること。
    <sup>art-14/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-14/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-14/par-2/item-3</sup>
    relating to important matters prescribed in the preceding item, expression of opinions to the prefectural governor;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  当該都道府県の地域に係る災害が発生した場合において、当該災害に係る復旧復興に関し、当該都道府県並びに関係指定地方行政機関、関係市町村、関係指定公共機関及び関係指定地方公共機関相互間の連絡調整を図ること。
    <sup>art-14/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-14/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-14/par-2/item-4</sup>
    in cases where a disaster involving an area of the relevant prefecture has occurred, liaison and coordination in matters of recovery and reconstruction concerning the disaster among the prefecture and relevant designated local administrative organs, relevant municipalities, relevant designated public corporations, and relevant designated local public corporations;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **五**  前各号に掲げるもののほか、法律又はこれに基づく政令によりその権限に属する事務
    <sup>art-14/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-14/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-14/par-2/item-5</sup>
    beyond what is provided for in each of the preceding items, other affairs assigned to the council by law or Cabinet Order based on it.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-14/par-2/item-3: 前号 → 災害対策基本法 第十四条第二項第二号 (Article 14, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-14/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-14/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-14/par-2/item-2
- art-14/par-2/item-5: 前各号 → 災害対策基本法 第十四条第二項第一号 (Article 14, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-14/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-14/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-14/par-2/item-1
- art-14/par-2/item-5: 前各号 → 災害対策基本法 第十四条第二項第二号 (Article 14, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-14/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-14/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-14/par-2/item-2
- art-14/par-2/item-5: 前各号 → 災害対策基本法 第十四条第二項第三号 (Article 14, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-14/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-14/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-14/par-2/item-3
- art-14/par-2/item-5: 前各号 → 災害対策基本法 第十四条第二項第四号 (Article 14, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-14/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-14/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-14/par-2/item-4

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 災害対策基本法 第十四条第二項第三号（都道府県防災会議の設置及び所掌事務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-14/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-14/par-2/item-3
- 災害対策基本法 第十四条第二項第五号（都道府県防災会議の設置及び所掌事務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-14/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-14/par-2/item-5
- 災害対策基本法 第八十六条の五第十項（廃棄物処理の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-86-5/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-86-5/par-10

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 災害対策基本法 — the text in force from 2026-11-02 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/336AC0000000223/20261102_508AC0000000062), retrieved 2026-11-02
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Basic Act on Disaster Management — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch disaster-management-act-20261103T010525-001, translated 2026-11-03
- This site's parser, version 221 — 災害対策基本法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02
